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The Sentinel Writing & Publishing Company Sentinel Writing & Publishing Company - a trading style of SPM Publications Ltd is a writing skills development and publishing house.
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19/10/2022

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We are pleased to announce the results of the Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2021 judged by Mandy Pannett
02/03/2022

We are pleased to announce the results of the Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2021 judged by Mandy Pannett

Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2021 judged by Mandy Pannett is for a full length poetry collection by a single poet. Three collections from this competition will be published by SPM Publications, London.

We are pleased to announce the Sentinel Poetry Book 2021 Shortlist.In no particular orderMargaret Michie Hammers/ A West...
30/11/2021

We are pleased to announce the Sentinel Poetry Book 2021 Shortlist.

In no particular order

Margaret Michie Hammers/ A Westray Farmhouse
Nallam Into Dwam
William Wells the storm in the piano
Rosa Tabula Are You Man Enough To Be A Woman
Ross Horton Rebirthing
Bill Braeker The Operation of the Muse
Farfield Backendish

It has been an interesting and difficult task to judge the first stage of the Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2021. Writers were asked to submit 20 pages of original poems and it must have been quite a task to write/find/order new material. Some appear to have been written with a theme in mind, other selections were more random but equally rich in potential. A great many included individual poems which were outstanding and will probably soon be seen as winners or in publications elsewhere.

The process of selection has been hard since it involves the rejection of much good work. Rather than go through a process of gradual elimination I found it best to find a number of very promising selections which I could use as a touchstone for evaluation. That worked well until I realised my pile of ‘very promising’ numbered fifteen manuscripts and I needed to choose six.

In the end my six has become seven. They are outstanding. While I am looking forward to seeing the longer manuscripts which they will be submitting, I dread the difficult choices which I will have to make.

Good luck to them and to all the entrants. I loved reading your work.

Mandy Pannett
Judge

31/10/2021

From the United Kingdom, Spain, United States,
Saudi Arabia, Australia, France, Canada, Italy,
India, New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, Cyprus,
Norway, Dubai and Germany we have entries
in the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition
closing at midnight tonight 31st October 2021.

Hey, that’s only a few hours to go.

There is still time to send in your poems
and let Rachel Long see about prizing them.

The Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition
has been prizing poetry since July 2009.
Lynn Roberts, Jenny Donnison, Ellie Evans
and Cass Iskandr are alumni.

Enter now at https://sentinelquarterly.com/competitions/poetry/index.htm

Binge on Sentinel Champions reading their prizewinning poems.Subscribe to our channel.
26/10/2021

Binge on Sentinel Champions reading their prizewinning poems.
Subscribe to our channel.

Christopher Taylor reads his poem 'On My Return' which received a Special Mention in the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition (July 2021) judged b...

19/09/2021

Ross Cogan reads his poem 'William Mervyn' highly commended in the Sentinel Literary Quarterly poetry competition (July 2021) judged by Paul McDonald.

Cogan is not new to Sentinel. In August 2016, he won second prize and also received a high commendation in the SLQ competition.

'William Mervyn' is here https://sentinelquarterly.com/2021/09/ross-cogan-william-mervyn/

Could your next book be a prizewinning poetry collection?If you were impressed when Peter Branson, Frances Corkey Thomps...
31/08/2021

Could your next book be a prizewinning poetry collection?

If you were impressed when Peter Branson, Frances Corkey Thompson, Mollie Donachie, Andy Blackford & John Foggin and Peter Oram had their first prize winning poetry collections published by SPM Publications, what is stopping you?

The Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2021 is open to new and established poets. Collections may be on any subject, in any style, up to 86 A4 pages long, and in English Language. Three poetry collections will be published in 2022 by SPM Publications. One of them could be yours.

You have until midnight 30th September to submit 20 pages of poetry in Stage 1 of the competition and let Mandy Pannett see about prizing your book.

Our multi-prizewinning judge Mandy is the author of ‘All the Invisibles’ (SPM Publications), ‘The Daedalus Files’ (SPM Publications), ‘Jongleur in the Courtyard’ (Indigo Dreams Publishing), ‘Allotments in the Orbital’ (Searle Publishing).

SPM Publications
We publish amazing.
https://spmpublications.com/competitions/spbc2021.html

26/08/2021
We are pleased to announce the publication of Marrowbones - Songs and Sonnets - by Peter Branson. (SPM Publications, 25-...
28/06/2021

We are pleased to announce the publication of Marrowbones - Songs and Sonnets - by Peter Branson. (SPM Publications, 25-June-2021). This powerful poetry collection won first prize in the Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2019 judged by Noel Williams.

In these poems Peter Branson shows a deep regard for both the environment and social history. At times he wears his heart on his sleeve as he rages against injustice and at others he generously shares with us his sense of nature, his keen observation giving him as clear a voice as any birdsong. He creates for his readers a social and natural landscape that has both a terrible and a beautiful reality.

- Joy Winkler, Poet.

Go to https://spmpublications.com/shop/marrowbones-peter-branson.html

Joy Winkler
Mandy Pannett (Judge, Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2021 https://spmpublications.com/competitions/spbc2021.html)

SPM Publications
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Marrowbones is a poetry collection by Peter Branson published by SPM Publications in June 2021. The collection won third prize in the Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2019 judged by Noel Williams.

You can now grab a copy of Marrowbones by Peter Branson from Amazon.Marrowbones won the first prize in the Sentinel Poet...
25/06/2021

You can now grab a copy of Marrowbones by Peter Branson from Amazon.
Marrowbones won the first prize in the Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2019.
If you are not the Amazon type, the book will be available to buy from the SPM Publications shop from 26/6/2021.
Cover Art is by Frances Naggs. Cover design by Wingspur.com

MARROWBONES

From the house of SPM Publications, London.Marrowbones Songs and Sonnetsby PETER BRANSONPublication date: 25th June 2021
22/06/2021

From the house of SPM Publications, London.
Marrowbones
Songs and Sonnets
by PETER BRANSON
Publication date: 25th June 2021

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